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Walking the Tightrope: Using Power and Authority in Child Welfare Supervision
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Bogo, Marion; Dill, Katharine – Child Welfare, 2008
Recognizing the importance of understanding the way in which supervisors in child welfare perceive their administrative responsibilities and use of power and authority, an exploratory study was conducted. Supervisors in child welfare agencies in urban and rural settings participated in focus groups and discussed the impact of macro and micro…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Focus Groups, Supervision, Child Welfare
Recreating Family: Parents Identify Worker-Client Relationships as Paramount in Family Preservation Programs
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Gockel, Annemarie; Russell, Mary; Harris, Barbara – Child Welfare, 2008
Although existing family preservation program research has focused on identifying the components of effective treatment, we remain far from fully developing empirically supported interventions (Barth, Chamberlain, Reid, Rolls, Hurlburt, Farmer, James, McCabe, & Kohl, 2005; Dufour, Chamberland, & Trocme, 2003). The current longitudinal study…
Descriptors: Intervention, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Family Environment
Working Together as Culture Brokers by Building Trusting Alliances with Bilingual and Bicultural Newcomer Paraprofessionals
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Owen, Carol L.; English, Meme – Child Welfare, 2005
The authors' reflect on the challenges and rewards of partnering as casework supervisors with bilingual and bicultural newcomer paraprofessionals in resettlement work with refugee youth. Such individuals are generally recruited for their linguistic abilities and cultural knowledge, but they can lack formal clinical training or licensing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Refugees, Immigrants
A Strengths Approach to Ethnically Sensitive Practice for Child Protective Service Workers.
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Leung, Patrick; And Others – Child Welfare, 1994
Supplements and extends an earlier article by these authors. Suggests that a strengths approach, with guiding principles of family preservation, be used to empower child protective service (CPS) caseworkers and to enhance their cultural competence. Defines ethnic sensitivity and identifies the components of a strengths approach to CPS training.…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers, Child Welfare, Cultural Awareness
Strategies for More Ethical Decision Making in Child Welfare Practice.
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Pine, Barbara A. – Child Welfare, 1987
Presents a decision-making model which is based on selected philosophical concepts and professional ethical guidelines and is designed to help child welfare practitioners deal with ethical issues in all aspects of their work. Use of the model is demonstrated in its application to selected aspects of a case study involving child custody…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Child Custody
Rural Child Welfare Practice from an Organization-in-Environment Perspective.
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Landsman, Miriam J. – Child Welfare, 2002
Reviews literature about rural and urban social work practice; discusses theory relevant to rural-urban differences, focusing on the organization-in-environment perspective. Highlights statewide survey of Missouri public child welfare employees, which found that rurality was strongly negatively correlated with agency size. Both locale and agency…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Children, Organizational Theories